*Prerequisites and/or corequisite is required. See course description
#Prerequisites satisfied by sequential registration in shortened terms.NOTE: Students may enroll an unlimited number of times in word processing
specialization courses (OST 1741, 2742, 2743) to learn various word processing
software or to learn to operate different brands of word processing machines
available at different campuses. However, one credit hour per course is the
maximum applicable to Program Requirements (see course description).

*Prerequisites and/or corequisite is required. See course description
#Prerequisites satisfied by sequential registration in shortened terms.
NOTE: Students may enroll an unlimited number of times in word processing
specialization courses (OST 1741, 2742, 2743) to learn various word processing
software or to learn to operate different brands of word processing machines
available at different campuses. However, one credit hour per course is the
maximum applicable to Program Requirements (see course description).

*Prerequisites and/or corequisite is required. See course description
#Prerequisites satisfied by sequential registration in shortened terms.
NOTE: Students may enroll an unlimited number of times in word processing
specialization courses (OST 1741, 2742, 2743) to learn various word processing
software or to learn to operate different brands of word processing machines
available at different campuses. However, one credit hour per course is the
maximum applicable to Program Requirements (see course description).

The
content prepares individuals to support management by expediting and
facilitating the maintenance and production of correspondence and records; to
telecommunicate; maintain office budget; planning; preparing correspondence and
resolutions; and filing and maintaining documents.

Course work, which provides supplemental education for those already employed in
these occupations, can be applied to the two-year Office Administration degree
and the Office Specialist (18-credit), Office Management (27-credit), and
Medical Office (34-credit) certificate specializations.

The content prepares individuals to support management by expediting and
facilitating the maintenance and production of correspondence and records; to
telecommunicate; maintain office budget; office planning; preparing
correspondence and resolutions; and filing and maintaining documents.

Course
work, which provides supplemental education for those already employed in these
occupations, can be applied to the two-year Office Administration degree and the
Office Management (27-credit), and Medical Office (34-credit) and Medical Coder/Biller
(34-credit) certificate specializations.

The
content prepares individuals to support management by expediting and
facilitating the maintenance and production of correspondence and records; to
telecommunicate; maintain office budget; planning; preparing correspondence and
resolutions; filing and maintaining documents; and assisting in the
administration of policy.

Course work, which provides supplemental education for those already employed in
these occupations, can be applied to the two-year Office Administration degree
(63 credits), Medical Office (34-credit) and Medical Coder/Biller (34-credit)
certificate specializations.

Depending
on the selected option, this program is designed to prepare students for
occupations such as medical assistant referrals, medical billing representative,
medical office assistant, medical personnel coder, medical secretary, and
medical transcription office assistant.

The content prepares individuals to support management by expediting and
facilitating the maintenance and production of correspondence and records; to
transcribe recordings; to telecommunicate; to maintain office budget; to plan;
to prepare correspondence and resolutions; to file and maintain documents; and
to assist in the administration of policy.

Course
work, which provides supplemental education for those already employed in these
occupations, can be applied to the two-year Office Administration degree (63
credits), and Medical Office (34-credit) and Medical Coder/Biller (34-credit)
certificate specializations.

HCC awards (12) credit hours to anyone passing the Certified Professional
Secretary Examination and earning the "CPS" designation. The
examination is administered by the Institute for Certifying Secretaries.

Courses may be applied to any degree, but specifically meet the requirements
for the Office Management Technology option of the Office Systems Technology
Associate in Science degree. Contact any campus office of counseling and
advising for further information.